The Daily Beast: ""There is, by contrast, ample
evidence that he was in fact a fair king, a “good lord” as the contemporary
historian John Rous described him. He was also the king who invented the first
form of legal aid so that the poor could have access to justice, and he was also
the last British king to die in combat, so we know he never asked his soldiers
to face risks he was unprepared to face himself. Can we say that about any
revered leader of modern times?" Read full article here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/25/richard-ii-s-rock-star-burial-an-english-king-is-laid-to-rest.html

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Richard III's DNA results are in with some tantalizing findings - among them a "break" in the line of the paternity of English kings. Evidently someone on the throne (not necessarily Richard) didn’t belong there. The next step – so scientists say – is to determine where the break occurred. Richard, it seems, is still making trouble for the Tudors after five hundred years! Ah, History, what secrets lie buried in thy bosom...

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